Weddingbee Blog

Oh yes. Finally. Validation, people! I’ve been a little nervous about my gut feeling to wear my hair down for our wedding. An up-do seems safer, somehow? But no. I’m feeling great about it, and here’s why:

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Oh heck YES, I want to dance like this at my wedding. Hair down, whipping around with unbridled joy. But see, sometimes blonde hair looks nicer down because you can see all the different tones. My hair is just dark, dark brown, but I think it will work. Like this:

The problem is…I’m a little….neglectful of my hair. To say the least. For emphasis, I shall take an as-it-is-now, real-time, post-workday picture of my hair, whilst blogging these very words.

Observe my shame:

• Ends so split that they will not longer lie flat, even at the merciless hands of my straightener.
• I don’t color my hair, but you may notice the distinct discoloration of the tips, which have, after all, lived through at least three summers.
• A length that is at least two inches past a cut that flatters my face shape.
• The term ponytail is painfully accurate for me. My hair is so long and the ends so coarse that truly—the back of my head looks like the view from a stable door.
• My awesome hack-job bangs that I trim myself over my bathroom sink with kiddie scissors.

I didn’t mean to be like this! Yet every time, I drag what looks like a busted weave into the salon, blubbering apologies for the inexcusable state of my hair. It is probably disrespectful to the hair-care profession that I take their lovely cuts and turn them into a curtain of fraying wires.

I must change my ways if I want to have healthy looking hair by May. I’ve read a few tips from here because Reag is basically adorable and also a hair genius. She has great tutorial videos and regularly answers reader questions about hair care. But I’m basically hair-care illiterate.

I also couldn’t help but bookmark a few pictures for my bridesmaids. I’m letting them pick whatever hairstyle they want, but look how cute!

(for my short-haired girls)

(side-pony/braid styles)

(pretty up-do with headband)

Any other ideas for me?